Jennie Garth: ‘I knew I’d met Mr. Right after one date’

Jennie Garth says she knew her new fiance was the one on their first date. (Photo by Amanda Edwards/Getty Images)

Actress Jennie Garth and her new fiance Dave Abrams knew they were soulmates after just one date, even though neither of them were looking for love when they first met.

The former “Beverly Hills, 90210″ star announced her engagement last month after actor Abrams proposed during her 43rd birthday celebrations.

Their whirlwind romance began last year after the couple reluctantly agreed to meet when mutual friends pushed them together.

Garth, who was previously married to Twilight actor Peter Facinelli from 2001 to 2013, says, “I wasn’t looking (to date) at all, in fact I didn’t even wanna go on the date with him and he didn’t even wanna go on the date with me, because it just seemed unrealistic for us to come together.

“I’m older than he is and (we were) people in different places in our lives… We went out on a blind double date with another friend of his and we did not hit it off right away. I actually saw him when I walked in the room… and I said, ‘That’s him. No way!’ He was tall and handsome and perfect, and I thought, ‘That’s exactly what I don’t want’.

“But there was just like this moment where I noticed him and he noticed me and then the other people didn’t exist.”